Re: disabling and enabling services

2007-09-14 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/14/2007 11:15 AM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Folk, Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely examples. In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out unused services? No, you would di

Re: disabling and enabling services

2007-09-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:15:54AM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Folk, > > Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended > to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely > examples. > > In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out > unused

Re: disabling and enabling services

2007-09-14 Thread - Tong -
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:15:54 -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Some services listed in /etc/services, might never be intended > to operate on a specific machine. bootps and finger are likely > examples. > > In interest of security, is there any benefit in commenting out > unused services? Defi